SRC-JEC H.B. 1299 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 1299
77R4103 PAM-DBy: Kuempel (Zaffirini)
Intergovernmental Relations
5/1/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, counties do not have the authority to require employees
participating in a county sick leave pool to donate sick leave, thereby
allowing some persons who do not donate sick leave to abuse the service
provided by the pool.  H.B. 1299 authorizes a county commissioners court to
require employees to donate accrued sick or vacation leave before being
eligible to withdraw from the sick leave pool, and increases the amount of
leave that an employee may donate before leaving county employment. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

Rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the commissioners court of a
county in SECTION 1 (Section 157.073, Local Government Code) of this bill. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 157.073(a), Local Government Code, to authorize
a commissioners court by rule to require an employee to enroll in the
county sick leave pool as a condition for eligibility under Section
157.075(a), and to transfer at least one day of accrued sick leave time or,
if allowed under Section 157.072(b), accrued vacation leave time earned by
the employee as a condition of enrollment. 

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 157.074, Local Government Code, by adding
Subsection (c), to authorize an employee who is terminated or who resigns
or retires to donate not more than 10 days of accrued sick leave time or,
if allowed under Section 157.072(b), accrued vacation leave time earned by
the employee to take effect immediately before the effective date of
termination, resignation, or retirement. 

SECTION 3.  Amends Section 157.075(a), Local Government Code, to provide
that an employee is eligible to use time contributed to the county sick
leave pool if certain conditions are met, including the condition of the
employee being enrolled in the county sick leave pool, if the commissioners
court requires enrollment under Section 157.073(a). 

SECTION 4.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2001.